lookin' for the right way
lookin' real hard
can't seem to understand
the world outside my yard
i'm gonna take a road trip
let the feelin' take a hold
gonna take a ride on them streets of gold

headed for the ocean
lookin' for to see
a better way of livin'
more befittin' me
i wanna take some chances
let freedom take a hold
wanna take a ride on them streets of gold

crowded cities leave me lonesome
there's so far for me to go
gonna seek what i've been lacking
on them shiney streets of gold

lookin' for the answer
headed out the door
key in the ignition
pedal to the floor
i wanna find a place
like the storytellers told
wanna take take a ride on them streets of gold

(2009 db michel)

Those who compete survive...Those who fail complain.

YouTube video of my original song...Featuring my bestest friends and the bestest friends of some of my bestest friends.

I wrote this song earlier this month...This was recorded live on my radio show this morning.

i see you
when i see you
with my heart and with my eyes
it's comes as a surprise
to you the way that i see you
you don't understand what i see
you think you're something less
when i think you are the best
'cause you don't know

you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know

i see you
when i see you
as a subject inside-out
i see the heart within
it's you the way that i see you
you have never known what i know
you think i tell you lies
no matter how i try
'cause you don't know

you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know

(2007 d. b. michel)

I wrote this about an LJ friend who was feeling down...She needs to see it again.

I wanted to put this up...But i wanted to put it somewhere where no one would see or hear it...Hence the LJ release of the practice version of my new song...I'll Always Be A Friend To You...It's a pretty rough recording but you can at least hear the melody.

http://dbmichel.podbean.com/2009/10/29/practicing-new-song-to-prepare-for-radio-show/

I was very sick over the weekend...I didn't have the strength to do anything but think...And believe me i was coming up with some very strange ideas while i lay in bed too ill to sleep...If you're a fan of world peace...In my dream world i was making it happen...I played the slightly bemused hero who had somehow done for the world what our greatest leaders had failed to do for centuries...I just talked...people listened...and just like that we had world peace...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry ended when the world heard what i had always wanted to say...I was so happy...Now no one would ever have to suffer from our most preventable killer...war...Because i had laid it out plain and simple...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry were the root cause of our pain...and when it stopped...War became unthinkable...We were all winning because we stopped fighting...Then reality came creeping in...My world was not recognized by anyone but me...I had done nothing...I was just dreaming the same dream i always have in my heart...I have tried to share that dream in little ways all my life...But the cynics of the world could never really accept my world...Because hatred and fear have long been institutionalized...Rulers try to gain power to keep power...they can never really take that leap of faith that is required to use that power for anything but maintaining the status quo...So i'm back now...in the real world...and i'm still not happy with it...But i also know i will never give up my dream...The dream i dream is the most wonderful i dream i know...that is because it is also the most elusive...I will go on dreaming that someday we will get beyond the hurtful hate that makes people hide what they really want...in favor of something more in line with what is commonly accepted by our society...The dreamer dreams on...A simple dream of real love that whole world could share...Without the fear of being rejected for stepping out of life...the way it is always been...and moving forward with a different plan for life the way it could be...The way it should be...If we want to end the problems that have held us back...It takes the strongest leap of faith...to really believe in love.

"Livin' In A Dream World"

don't know a single thing about love
i had to learn to live without love
i found a place where i could go
a place my shame would never show

i dream a dream that seems so real
it's like a life without the feel
i go there when i'm by myself
then all the empty can't be felt

i could fly me to the moon
i'll be riding on a broom

now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
now now
ooh what a life
now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
where everything is always alright
'cause i keep the real world outta sight

(2009 db michel)

One of my "Greatest Hits"...The Bathroom Song...As performed live on my radio show.

An LJ friend posted a meme today...Which tarot card are you?...Well it turned out he was the moon...The title of his post was You Are The Moon...and i liked the way that it sounded...So i started a song from that...

"You Are The Moon"

what are you...should i know
i can only guess and so
i don't know why
and what you are
where do you get that soul
is it somewhere far
i just don't know
jupiter or mars

there is something new about you
something way out there
something makes me seek the sky
to see if it's true
'cause i swear

you are the moon
you are surrounding me tonight
you are the moon
i am glowing in your light
just a vague expression
of what i do not know
you are the moon

(2009 db michel)

I don't know if i'll ever finish this one...but i thought it started out good.

no matter what i've said
no matter what i've done
some things can never change
no matter where we run
whatever happens
you know that it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

i may get angry
i may be sad
some things i may regret
when i'm trying to hold fast
it may be hard to see
but you know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

the wins and losses in this life keep closing in
sometimes it's hard to find my way
but when i'm down the most and i think i've reached the end
just a word or two can save me
if they're coming from a friend

i may act colder
i may act dumb
i know i can't be perfect
but i'm not the only one
when the word is said
you will know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

(2009 db michel)

separating pain from life
is impossible
but we try
and sometimes we make it back
unscathed
and sometimes we get bruised
we think we've been forsaken
only to find out
it's just another test along the way

pain sends you home
pain sets you free
pain holds you down
love can be a sad enigma
pain holds the glass
pain sets the stage
for happiness
that can only come later

(2009 db michel)

feel the rhythm of the rain inside you
feel the echo of the breeze behind you
feel the touch of the clouds above
feel like you are a part of the love
feel like something greater lives within you
feel like miracles because it's in you
feel like all along you've had enough
feel like flying wouldn't be too tough

and what it all is, it is
and though the shadows may fall
the sky will light the dark at daybreak
another morning calls

feel the mountain calling in the distance
feel the wisdom of an ancient tree
feel the humor in the dandelion
feel the wonder of being free
feel the river as it flows right by you
feel the life that lives within it's banks
feel like yesterday is right beside you
feel like tomorrow has today to thank

and what it all is, it is
and though the shadows may fall
the sky will light the dark at daybreak
another morning calls

(2004 db michel)

i waited one more hour
to say goodbye
nothing left to come back to
but still i had to try
just be sure it wasn't easy
to lose a friend
but i won't cry
just minutes in the hour
to say goodbye

i'm going to the limits
but the end comes soon
nothing left of the good times now
'cause they all fell through
i only have the memories
of an old friend
but i won't cry
just seconds left of minutes
to say goodbye

what does it mean to go back on what you said
what does it mean to be cold when you were once
a friend instead

i'm going to the limits
but the end comes soon
nothing left of the good times now
'cause they all fell through
i only have the memories
of an old friend
but i won't cry
just seconds left of minutes
to say goodbye

(2009 db michel)

who could hear what i don't
and still not get the hint
don't worry 'bout me anymore
'cause i'm really over it

what is there to ponder
but where to go from here
no hurry 'cause i'm gone again
this is it really it my friend

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

no ending for a story
that never should begin
no chasin' dreams that don't exist
let them perish on the wind

no matter what i do now
there ain't no lookin' back
no water falls in outer space
can make ponder what i lack

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

(2009 db michel)

Listen to this episode

The ideological wars are the worst of all...We cannot even speak without ideology coming into the conversation...Even a conversation about the weather can degenerate into a liberals versus conservatives scream fest...If everyone speaks too loudly...then no one will be heard.

everybody can make a difference
everybody can be a part
like Lennon said if we imagine
we can make a lot from a fart
these days my bowels are rumblin'
these days when gas is high
these days when i see the toilet
i never cruise on by

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

everybody has heard the legend
everybody who has a heart
like Lennon said give poop a chance
don't ya know it's a damn good start
these day the whole world's rumblin'
these days the pressure's high
these days we all need to sit a spell
and let the peace logs fly

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

(2009 db michel)

this time
there will be no sign at all
this time
there will be no message to see
this time
it is only after the fall
that you will understand the deed
has been done
and the time is over
the path is closed
what has been known
in the future is overgrown

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(bridge)
away...away
far away
like it never mattered
away...away
what was whole has been shattered

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(2009 db michel)

An acquaintance turned me on to orchestral rock...I decided to write a lyric in that form...Here is my doomsday anthem.

it's the human story
the carnage we have spent
the pain we have inflicted
on this world that we rent
the damage is uncounted
'cause we don't want to know
when the bill comes due
the sea of tears will overflow

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

it's the faceless spectre
of a future filled with pain
seas are soiled and lifeless
killed by poison rain
fires will burn deserted
in a war that has no end
the sky forever darkened
and you can't tell foe from friend

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

(2009 db michel)

over and over
as the days go by
i believe that something
is changing
and it brings a tear to my eye
it's taking away my happiness
leaving nothing but grey behind
taking away
the joy i used to know
when i was young and blind

over and over
as the years go by
all of these memories
and regrets
combine in this tear in my eye
it's loosed fire in my belly
searing pain inside of my soul
taking away the joy i used to feel
now i'm just feeling old

for all these days upon days
over and over
in so many ways
i've denied
that i'm really changing
now that i know
this foe that i've been fighting
maybe i can begin
to learn how to win again

over and over
as the days go by
i believe that something
is changing
and it brings a tear to my eye
and it's taking away my happiness
leaving nothing but grey behind
taking away
the joy i used to know
when i was young and blind

(2009 db michel)

i'm just pixels on a screen
i ain't nothin' much at all
so don't think too much about me
there's nothing left of me to fall
i'm ether in the air
i'm just pulses in a wire
nothin' you can depend on
i can't take you any higher

in the dimlit corners
of a dreamscape with no end
am i just a pattern?
can i be nobody's friend?
in the endless twilight
of a cyberspace mirage
the emptiness i'm living in
headed for the great beyond

(2009 db michel)

Work in progress...another cliched Internet thing.